Doug Ford says Ontario will accept Trudeau government’s conditions for new health-care funding

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Premier Doug Ford says Ontario can live with federal strings attached to any new health-care funding from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“Yes,” Ford said Wednesday at an Etobicoke pharmacy where he was promoting his government’s recent move to allow pharmacists to prescribe medication for 13 minor ailments.

“Because sometimes you need to shift funds as long as it’s transparent, and people can see it and the feds can see it in the province.” Aside from Ottawa’s insistence on tying new finding to better outcomes for patients, the federal-provincial impasse is bogged down by accounting differences. “And we’re going to keep knocking on the door until till the prime minister is able to sit down with us,” he said.

“We need to be bold. We need to be innovative. We need to be creative. We need to look to other provinces and countries to see what they’re doing differently and for the best ideas,” said the premier, stressing health care must remain publicly funded and universally available.

 

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Literally a Liberal with a PC pin on his jacket.

Everyone knows he’s lying. It’s weird that Conservatives like it though

This only means that fordnation 's puppet masters have figured out a way to skim off taxpayers' $ to promote privatization as it comes. He's despicable! onpoli onhealth JustinTrudeau cafreeland

Hahahahaha

This sort of sensible attitude is one of the reasons I voted for Doug Ford twice now. I like his sense of accountability to the taxpayer. His brother Rob was the same that way.

Perfect! Now, supoena him to disclose where he's hidden $5.5B Federal Transfer Covid-related Funding that the OntarioAuditor wasn't able to find!

I can manipulate this easy

Doug Ford is a sellout with no backbone. His own family doesn’t like him

Words are cheap. He wasn't going to touch the greenbelt or privatize health care. No mandate letters to see, still fighting wage increase for nurses in court, notwithstanding clause against education workers. He can't be trusted; bottom line.

Be sure to get the receipts and PO’s before the money is transferred!

Justin better send a permanent auditor as I don't trust you-know-who

Smart move Doug

Riiiight. What about the shortage in GPs? Is the “extra funding” going to be used to allow more Cdn students to get into med schools instead of thus lottery? Better compensation schemes? fordnation onpolincdnmedia robertbenzie

fordnation says a lot of things. Most thing out his mouth are lies. 50KIsNotOK

Trudeau should make the accountability part of it retroactive.

Mighty big of him.

His credibility is all time low, everything he say should go through the court and let the court determine if there is an ounce of truth in it based on documents, like Bill 124 case

So he can invest in private health care Hope one condition is its to go to PUBLIC healthcare only

So, he definitely did not accept Trudeau's conditions.

Sounds like fed govt will soon have access to all our health info too under this guise of their 'conditions'. Can we say 'central digital ID' yet? Yep, yep, sure we're 'modernizing'!

There was a deal with daycare too, and DF broke that deal as soon as it was signed. Let's not forget the DF is a liar in the best tradition of the worst liars in Ontario.

Countdown until he rolls back the Greedbelt expansion… 3… 2… 1…

Good to see there will be more mental health supports. Some people gonna go conspiracy on “modern health data collection”. But at least somethings happening.

RT TO THANK DOUG FOR BEING A TEAM PLAYER

well, ontario's committed to the centralization. terrible move, but thanks for showing your hand, doug.

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